The Heat play the Knicks in Madison Square Garden on Thursday night. New York lost the previous two meetings.

"We had a chance to win both games. So we feel like we're still improving," Stoudemire continued. "We still have something to prove. We're trying to get better as a team and it starts tomorrow night."

After a rough start to the season, the Miami are now 31-13 and in first place of the Southeast division. However, the Heat have lost four of their last five games and will be without Chris Bosh against the Knicks due to a high ankle sprain.